A Report on

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

IPR AND PATENT DATA

(Concept of a Technology Classification)

JUNE 18, 2018

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, India

By
Santosh Yadav
MBA (FS) – Batch 2017-19

Under the Supervision of

Dr. Ruchi Sharma
Associate Professor of Economics

Mr. Shadab Danish

Research Scholar (Economic)

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Master of Business Administration in Financial Services

At

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS,
DAVV INDORE
 CONTENTS

Topic Page No.

Certificate 01

Declaration 02

Acknowledgement 03

Executive Summary 04

Introduction 05-18

 Industry Profile 05

 Corporate Profile 10

 Structure of Organization 16

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -----

Major Learning 19-35

SWOT Analysis 36

Conclusion 37

Bibliography 38

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 DECLARATION

Title of Project Report – IPR AND PATENT DATA (Concept of a Technology Classification)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I declare

(a)That the work presented for assessment in this Summer Internship Report is my own, that it has
not previously been presented for another assessment and that my debts (for words, data, arguments and
ideas) have been appropriately acknowledged

(b)That the work conforms to the guidelines for presentation and style set out in the relevant
documentation.

Date: 09-09-2018 Santosh Yadav

MBA- Financial Services (2017-19)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is with a sense of gratitude, I acknowledge the effort of entire hosts of well-wishers who have in
some way or other contributed in their own special ways to the success and completion of this summer
internship project.

First of all, I express my sage of gratitude and indebt endless to Dr. Ruchi Sharma ,Associate
Professor of Economics ,School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT-INDORE , from the
bottom of my heart , for his immense support and faith.

I would also like to thank my project guide at IPR & PATENT Mr. Shadab Danish, who has
been very helpful in the completion of this project.

I sincerely express my thanks to our lecturers for their valuable guidance and intellectual
suggestion.
Also, I also express my sincere thankfulness to my project mentor Mr. S. Danish for their kind
advice suggestion and constant help in a lot of various ways during project course.

I express my deepest thanks to Mrs. Ekta Rokade, Dr. Wasim Khan, and Mrs. Neha Gupta for
their guidance and support. All of them supported me by helping me in selecting the best field out of my
areas of interest along with choosing an appropriate organization for internship.

Finally, I move towards acknowledging all those individuals who collectively form a major part of
my life. These are: my parents, who taught me the basics of ethics and humility my friends, who, at
times, gave a new definition to my life; my teachers, who guided me through all the difficulties I went
through at different levels; and many others. There is no doubt in my mind, that all of them have
contributed greatly, for me to complete this report. I thank all of them.-

Santosh Yadav
School Of Economics,
DAVV University, Indore – MP
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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This is the internship report based on the Nine weeks long internship program that I had successfully
completed in HSS, IIT-INDORE. The objective of the internship was to develop an understanding of
different primary and secondary data sources to be used in analysis and research. The internship was a
sum total of three small projects and mostly I worked on secondary data.

In the first, I was given a pdf file which consisted the patents issued to different firms. It was not
clearly visible, so the challenge was to identify the company and cross check it name and address from
google and arrange it in the excel sheet.
In the second, data of more than 240 countries on 14 variables like (1)Current education Expenditure,
(2)GDP Growth Rate, (3)GDP Per Capita, (4) Govt. consumption expenditure, (5) govt. exp. on
education, (6)Life expectancy at birth, (7)Literacy rate adult, (8)Manufactures exports, (9)researchers in
R&D, (10)Patent Applications by Residents, (11)Patent Applications by Non-residents, (12)R&D
Expenditure(% of GDP), (13)Real GDP, (14)Scientific & Technical Journals. (1990-2014) was taken
from WDI. This data was summarized in the panel form for the econometric analysis.
In the third and the last, the pdf files of patents granted in India from 2006 to 2014 were given. From
those files, all the data was extracted in single excel file for each year.

Patents are rights related to new inventions, provided the inventor makes a detailed public
disclosure of the same. Such rights are conferred on people who invent a new machine, a process, a
technical solution to a problem, or a biological discovery. It should not be a literary or artistic work, a
method of medical treatment or diagnosis, or a mathematical discovery. Some countries approve a type
of intellectual property, termed 'utility model', which is similar to the patent. This IP right is meant for
protection of inventions.

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 INTRODUCTION

 Industry Profile-(Educational Institute)

History of IITI.
In keeping with India's vision to become a world leader in Science and Technology and to usher in a
new revolution, resulting in an unprecedented economic growth, Government of India reassessed the
need of technical manpower and decided to set up eight new IITs. Six of them started functioning back
from the academic year 2008-09. These were established at Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Rajasthan,
Ropar, Patna and Bhubaneswar. IIT Indore and IIT Mandi started functioning from July 2009.
Indian Institute of Technology Indore located in Madhya Pradesh, known as IIT Indore or IITI, is an
institute of national importance established by the Government of India in 2009. It is one of the eight
new IITs, started by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Government of India. The
institution started functioning from 2009-10 in a temporary campus at Institute of Engineering and
Technology of Devi Ahilyabai University under mentorship of IIT Bombay. Shri Arjun Singh, the
Union HRD minister, laid the foundation of the permanent campus, spread over an area of around 510-
acre (2.1 km2), on 17th February 2009 at Simrol, a location on Khandwa Road about 25 km from the
city of Indore.
Since , February 2016, IIT Indore has started functioning from its permanent campus. All the
Administrative Offices, Material Management Section, Finance and Account Section, The School of
Basic Sciences, The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The School of Engineering, Basic
Science Labs and Engineering Labs are all established in this campus. The Central Library is also
situated in this campus.
The Academic office is responsible for all the academic affairs of the students of the Institute. There is
a Dean of Academic Affairs, two Associate Dean (Academic), an Administrative Officer, a Manager
and three Deputy Manager in this office besides some contractual employees.

Motto of IIT Indore

Motto in English: Knowledge is for the well-being of everyone

Mission and Vision
The driving force behind the 21st century is the development of knowledge-intensive societies. This
awareness has led to the creation of new institutes of higher learning in India in the past few years.
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, established in 2009, is part of this mega-project that envisages
India as a Global Technology Leader. Continuing with the tradition of the older IITs, IIT Indore aims
to play an active role in this task of propelling India on her growth-trajectory by focusing on education,
research and development. IIT Indore visualizes this mission within the context of larger humanistic
concerns.

About IIT Indore

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Prof. Pradeep Mathur has been appointed as the first director of IIT Indore. Professor Pradeep Mathur
received his Bachelor's degree in Science (Chemistry Honors) from the Polytechnic of North London,
University of North London, U.K., in 1978 and the Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry) from Keele
University, U. K., in 1983. He joined IIT Bombay as a member of the Faculty in the Department of
Chemistry in 1984 and moved over to IIT Indore as its Director in January 2010.

This report defined how to find patent technology by patent classification but before to describe patent
technology first talk about how to economist through had about the technology first J.A. SCHUMPETER
talk about Innovation. He started with the static analysis, and noted very carefully that the breaks created
in the flow by the introduction of new methods of production, and of new goods, and the establishment
of new industrial organisations made the economy dynamic. According to his initial model, economic
model simply repeated itself. All firms were in perfect equilibrium, economic resources were fully
utilised and profit and interest were zero. He injected in this model A new production function which he
terms as innovation which was a matter of business behaviour, turning existing productive forces to new
uses. It was a social process in which a no. of large industrial leader took part. When an individual
industry overcame the financial and technological difficulties and open a new pat to profit, other
followed with a great rush.
The industrial leader whom Schumpeter called the innovator (who possessed remarkable qualities)
borrowed money from the bank moved into the market to outbid lethargic entrepreneur. Other innovator
followed, but soon investment opportunities with aperies, bank loans were repaid deflationary condition
prevailed due to competition, sum all firms were passed away, and were established a new circular flow.
In this process money became of great significance.
International Patent Classification (IPC)
The International Patent Classification, which is commonly referred to as the IPC, is based on an
international multilateral treaty administered by WIPO. The IPC is an internationally recognised patent
classification system, which provides a common classification for patents according to technology
groups. The IPC is a hierarchical system in which the whole area of technology is divided into a range
of sections, classes, subclasses and groups. There are eight sections that are broken down into classes
and subclasses. IPC is periodically revised in order to improve the system and to take account of
technical development. The current (eighth) edition of the IPC entered into force on 1 January 2006.

Why use patent information?

Patent information is an important resource for researchers and inventors, entrepreneurs and
commercial enterprises, and patent professionals. Patent information can assist users to:
• Avoid duplicating research and development effort;
• Determine the patentability of their inventions;
• Avoid infringing other inventors’ patents;
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 • Estimate the value of their or other inventors’ patents;
• Exploit technology from patent applications that have never been granted, are not valid in certain
countries, or from patents that are no longer in force;
• Gain intelligence on the innovative activities and future direction of business competitors;
• Improve planning for business decisions such as licensing, technology partnerships, and mergers
and acquisitions;
• Identify key trends in specific technical fields of public interest such as those relating to health or
to the environment and provide a foundation for policy planning.

What information does a patent document contain?

Patent information comprises all information which has either been published in a patent document
or can be derived from analysing patent filing statistics and includes:
• Technical information from the description and drawings of the invention;
• Legal information from the patent claims defining the scope of the patent and from its legal status;
• Business-relevant information from reference data identifying the inventor, date of filing, country
of origin, etc.;
• Public policy-relevant information from an analysis of filing trends to be used by policymakers,
e.g., in national industrial policy strategy.

In particular, this information refers to the following:

Applicant
The person or company that applies for the patent and intends to “work” the invention (i.e. to
manufacture or licence the technology). In most countries the inventor(s) does not necessarily have to
be the applicant. In the United States, applicants must be the inventor(s), except in a few exceptional
circumstances (e.g. legal representatives of a deceased inventor may make a patent application).

Application date
The patent application date is the date on which the patent office received the patent application.

Citations
Citations may be made by the examiner or the applicant/inventor. They comprise a list of references
that are believed to be relevant prior art and which may have contributed to the "narrowing" of the
original application. The examiner can also cite references from technical journals, textbooks,
handbooks and sources. The citations practices of the EPO differ substantially from the USPTO.
Applicants to USPTO are legally required to include a full list of prior art known or believed to be
relevant (“duty of candor”). At EPO, no such requirement exists for applicants.

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 Claim(s)
These define the invention that the applicant wishes to protect. A main claim will define the invention
in its broadest form, by including its essential technical features. Further "dependant" claims can then
relate to additional features of the invention.

Continuation
This is mainly relevant to the USPTO. Continuations are second or subsequent applications for the
same invention claimed in a prior application and filed before the first application becomes abandoned
or granted. Continuations must claim an invention which is part of or directly derived from the original
application to gain the benefit of the parent filing date.

Designated countries
Countries in which patent applicants wish to protect their invention. This concept is specific to
European patent applications and international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT). Since January 2004, all international applications filed designate by default all PCT
contracting countries bound by the PCT treaty as of the filing date. For EPO patent applications, the
applicant has to designate specific countries. However, if the applicant pays designation fees for seven
countries, then it is considered that the designation fees for all the EPC member states have been paid
and all the EPC countries will be automatically selected. However, designation of a country does not
automatically provide patent rights in that country. A patent has to be validated in the designation
country for it to be effective.

Equivalent

A patent that relates to the same invention and shares the same priority application as a patent from
a different issuing authority.

European Patent Convention (EPC)

The Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention, EPC) was signed in
Munich 1973 and entered into force in 1977. As a result of the EPC, the European Patent Office (EPO)
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was created to grant European patents. Currently, there are 31 EPC member countries (as at December
2005). In addition, extension agreements exist with five countries, which allow the possibility of
extending European patents to those countries upon request. EPC member countries are Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. EPC extension countries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro.

European patent

A European patent can be obtained for all the EPC countries by filing a single application at the EPO
in one of the three official languages (English, French or German). European patents granted by the EPO
have the same legal rights and are subject to the same conditions as national patents (granted by the
national patent office). It is important to note that a granted European patent is a “bundle” of national
patents, which must be validated at the national patent office for it to be effective in member countries.
The validation process could include submission of a translation of the specification, payment of fees
and other formalities at the national patent office. This is because once a European patent is granted,
competence is transferred to the national patent offices.

Expiry date
The date when a patent has run its full term in a country and is no longer valid.

First to file

A patent system in which the first inventor to file a patent application for a specific invention is
entitled to the patent. This law is increasingly becoming the standard for countries adhering to the so-
called Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) guidelines. At the EPO and JPO, patents
are awarded on the first to file basis, whereas at the USPTO, patents are awarded on the first to invent
basis.

First to invent

In the first to invent system a patent is awarded to the first person who made the invention, even if
another person filed for a patent before the person who invented first.

Grant

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 A temporary right given by the authorised body for a limited time period (normally 20 years) to
prevent unauthorised use of the technology outlined in the patent. A patent application does not
automatically give the applicant a temporary right against infringement. A patent has to be granted for
it to be effective and enforceable against infringement.

Grant date

The date when the patent office issues a patent to the applicant. On average it takes three years for a
patent to be granted at the USPTO and five years at the EPO.

GERD

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development.

Infringement

Unauthorized use of a patented invention.

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

IPR allows people to assert ownership rights on the outcomes of their creativity and innovative
activity in the same way that they can own physical property. The four main types of intellectual property
rights are: patents, trademarks, design and copyrights.

International patent application

Patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) are commonly referred to as
international patent applications. However, an international patent (PCT) application does not result in
the issuance of “international patents”, i.e. at present, there is no global patent system that is responsible
for granting international patents. The decision of whether to grant or reject a patent application filed
under the PCT rests with the national or regional (e.g. EPO) patent offices.

International Patent Classification (IPC)

The International Patent Classification, which is commonly referred to as the IPC, is based on an
international multilateral treaty administered by WIPO. The IPC is an internationally recognised patent
classification system, which provides a common classification for patents according to technology
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groups. The IPC is a hierarchical system in which the whole area of technology is divided into a range
of sections, classes, subclasses and groups. There are eight sections that are broken down into classes
and subclasses. IPC is periodically revised in order to improve the system and to take account of
technical development. The current (eighth) edition of the IPC entered into force on 1 January 2006.

Inventive step

An invention is considered to include an inventive step if it is not obvious to a skilled person in the
light of the state of the art. At the EPO, the inventive step is one of the most important criteria (along
with novelty and industrial application) that need to be fulfilled in order to obtain a patent. The USPTO
employs the concept of “non-obviousness”, which is equivalent to the inventive step criterion of the
EPO in a legal context.

Inventor country

Country of the residence of the inventor, which is frequently used to count patents in order to measure
inventive performance.

Japan Patent Office (JPO)

The JPO administers the examination and granting of patent rights in Japan. The JPO is an agency of
the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

Lapse
The date when a patent is no longer valid in a country or system due to failure to pay renewal
(maintenance) fees. Often the patent can be reinstated within a limited period.

License

The means by which the owner of a patent gives permission to another person to carry out an action
which, without such permission, would infringe on the patent. A licence can thus allow another person
to legitimately manufacture, use or sell an invention protected by a patent. In return, the patent owner
will usually receive royalty payments. A license, which can be exclusive or non-exclusive, does not
transfer the ownership of the invention to the licensee. In certain countries, patent law contains rules on
compulsory licenses. The law empowers the courts to decide if a compulsory license should be issued
and what should be the terms and conditions.

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 Maintenance fees
See renewal fees.

Non-obviousness
See inventive step.

Novelty

If an application for a patent is to be successful, the invention must be novel (new). The invention
must never have been made public in any way, anywhere, before the date on which the application for a
patent is filed (or before the priority date).

OECD triadic patent families

The triadic patent families are defined at the OECD as a set of patents taken at the European Patent
Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) that share
one or more priorities. Triadic patent family’s data are consolidated to eliminate double counting of
patents filed at different offices (i.e. regrouping all the interrelated priorities in EPO, JPO and USPTO
patent documents).

Opposition to the grant of a patent

Anyone can file an opposition to the grant of a European patent, within nine months of the mention
of the grant of a European patent in the European Patent Bulletin. Opposition to a European patent can
be filed on the grounds that: the patent’s subject matter is not patentable, the patent does not disclose the
invention clearly and completely, and the patent’s subject matter extends beyond the content of the
application filed. The opposition system does not exist in Japan (abolished in 2003) or the United

Patent

A patent is an intellectual property right issued by authorized bodies to inventors to make use of, and
exploit their inventions for a limited period of time (generally 20 years). The patent holder has the legal
authority to exclude others from commercially exploiting the invention (for a limited time period). In
return for the ownership rights, the applicant must disclose the invention for which protection is sought.
The trade-off between the granting of monopoly rights for a limited period and full disclosure of
information is an important aspect of the patenting system.

Patentability

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 Patentability is the ability of an invention to satisfy the legal requirements for obtaining a patent. The
basic conditions of patentability, which an application must meet before a patent is granted, are that the
invention must be novel, contain an inventive step (or be non-obvious), be capable of industrial
application and not be in certain excluded fields (e.g. scientific theories and mathematical methods are
not regarded as inventions and cannot be patented at the EPO).

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

As of July 2005, there were 128 countries party to this treaty, which was signed in 1970 and entered
into force in 1978. The PCT provides the possibility to seek patent rights in a large number of countries
by filing a single international application (PCT application) with a single patent office (receiving
office). The PCT procedure consists of two main phases: (a) an “international phase”; and (b) a PCT
“national/regional phase”. PCT applications are administered by the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO).

Pending application

In this case, an application is with the patent office. No decision has been made on whether to grant
or reject the patent application (e.g. application is still waiting for search and examination). In 2004, the
total number of pending applications at JPO and USPTO amounted to around 610 000 and 756 000,
respectively. The number of total pending applications is expected to increase in the coming years.

Prior art

Previously used or published technology that may be referred to in a patent application or

examination report, i.e. (a) in a broad sense, technology that is relevant to an invention and was
publicly available (e.g. described in a publication or offered for sale) at the time an invention was made;
or (b) in a narrow sense, any such technology which would invalidate a patent or limit its scope. The
process of prosecuting a patent or interpreting its claims largely consists of identifying relevant prior art
and distinguishing the claimed invention from that prior art. The objective of the search process is to
identify patent and non-patent documents constituting the relevant prior art in order to determine whether
the invention is novel and includes an inventive step.

Priority country

Country where the patent is first filed before being (possibly) extended to other countries.

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 Priority date

The priority date is the first date of filing of a patent application, anywhere in the world (normally in
the

Priority date

The priority date is the first date of filing of a patent application, anywhere in the world (normally in
the applicant’s domestic patent office), to protect an invention. The priority date is used to determine the
novelty of the invention, which implies that it is an important concept in patent procedures. For statistical
purposes, the priority date is the closest date to the date of invention.

Publication

In most countries, a patent application is published 18 months after the priority date. For example, all
pending EPO and JPO patent applications are published 18 months after the priority date. Prior to a
change in rules under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, USPTO patent applications were
held in confidence until a patent was granted. Patent applications filed at the USPTO on or after 29
November 2000 are required to be published 18 months after the priority date. However, there are certain
exceptions for the publication of pending patents. For example, an applicant can ask (upon filing) for
the patent not to be published by certifying that the invention disclosed in the application has not and
will not be the subject of an application filed in another country.

Publication date

The date on which the patent application is published (i.e. the information is available to public). This
normally occurs 18 months after the priority date.

R&D

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic
basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and
the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

R&D expenditures

The basic measure of R&D expenditures is “intramural expenditures”; i.e. all expenditures for R&D
performed within a statistical unit or sector of the economy.

Renewal fees

Once a patent is granted, annual renewal fees are payable to patent offices to keep the patent in force.
In the USPTO these payments are referred to as maintenance fees. For example, all USPTO granted
(utility) patents are subjected to maintenance fees which are due after three and half years, seven and
half years, and eleven and half years following the date of the original patent grant.

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 Request for examination

Patent applications filed at the USPTO are automatically examined by a patent examiner to decide
whether to grant (or reject) a patent. Patent applications filed at the EPO and JPO do not automatically
enter the examination process. The applicant has to submit a request for examination within six months
of the application at the EPO and three years at the JPO.

Search report

The search report is a list of citations of all published prior art documents which are relevant to the
patent application. The search process, conducted by a patent examiner, seeks to identify patent and non-
patent documents constituting the relevant prior art to be considered in determining whether the
invention is novel and includes an inventive step.

Substantive examination

A full examination conducted by a patent examiner to determine whether to grant or reject the patent
application.
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights requires members to comply with
certain minimum standards for the protection of IPR. But members may choose to implement laws which
provide more extensive protection than is required in the agreement, so long as the additional protection
does not contravene the provisions of the agreement. The WTO’s TRIPS agreement, negotiated in the
1986-94 Uruguay round, introduced intellectual property rules into the multilateral trading system for
the first time.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

The USPTO administers the examination and granting of patent rights in the United States. It falls
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

An intergovernmental organization responsible for the negotiation and administration of various

multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property. In the
patent area, the WIPO is notably in charge of administering the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and
the International Patent Classification system (IPC).

 Structure of organisation .

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IIT Indore offers following Academic Programs

1. Bachelor of Technology (BTech)

1.1 Computer Science and Engineering (from AY 2009-10)
1.2 Electrical Engineering (from AY 2009-10)
1.3 Mechanical Engineering (from AY 2009-10)
1.4 Civil Engineering (from AY 2016-17)
1.5 Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science (from AY 2016-17)

2. Master of Technology (MTech) with provision of converting to MTech + PhD dual

degree at the end of 3rd Semester
2.1 Electrical Engineering with specialization in Communication and Signal Processing (from
AY 2013-14)
2.2 Electrical Engineering with specialization in VLSI Design and Nano electronics (from AY
2017-18)
2.3 Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Production and Industrial
Engineering (from AY 2013-14)
2.4 Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Mechanical Systems Design (from AY
2018-19)
2.5 Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science with specialization in Materials Science
and Engineering (from AY 2015-16)
2.6 Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science with specialization in Metallurgy
Engineering (from AY 2018-19)

3. Two-year Master of Science (MSc) with provision of converting to MSc + PhD dual
degree at the end of 3rd Semester
3.1 Chemistry (from AY 2013-14)
3.2 Physics (from AY 2013-14)
3.3 Mathematics (from AY 2015-16)
3.4 Biotechnology (from AY 2017-18)
3.5 Astronomy (from AY 2018-19)

4. Five-year BTech + MTech (only for eligible BTech students of IIT Indore at the end of
6th semester)
4.1 BTech in Electrical Engineering with MTech in Communication and Signal
Processing (from AY 2014-15)
4.2 B.Tech in Electrical Engineering with MTech in VLSI Design and Nanoelectronics (from
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 AY 2018-19)
4.3 BTech in Mechanical Engineering with MTech in Production and Industrial
Engineering (from AY 2014-15)
4.4 BTech in Mechanical Engineering with MTech in Mechanical Systems Design (from AY
2019-20)
4.5 BTech in Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science with MTech in Materials Science
and Engineering (from AY 2019-20)
4.6 BTech in Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science with MTech in Metallurgy
Engineering (from AY 2019-20)

5. MS(Research) Programme
5.1 MS (Research) in Computer Science and Engineering (from AY 2018-19)

6. PhD Program in
6.1 Computer Science and Engineering (from AY 2010-11)
6.2 Electrical Engineering (from AY 2010-11)
6.3 Mechanical Engineering (from AY 2010-11)
6.4 Civil Engineering (from AY 2017-18)
6.5 Materials Science and Engineering (from AY 2014-15)
6.6 Bio-sciences and Bio-medical Engineering (from AY 2012-13)
6.7 Chemistry (from AY 2010-11)
6.8 Physics (from AY 2010-11)
6.9 Mathematics (from AY 2010-11)
6.10 English (from AY 2011-12)
6.11 Philosophy (from AY 2010-11)
6.12 Economics (from AY 2010-11)
6.13 Psychology (from AY 2012-13)
6.14 Sociology (from AY 2013-14)
6.15 Astronomy (from AY 2016-17)

Academic Committees

Organizational Structure for Academic Issues at IIT Indore

Senate Post Graduate Committees (SPGC) & Senate Under Graduate Committees (SUGC)
Discipline Post-Graduate Committee (DPGC) and Discipline Under-Graduate Committee
(DUGC)
Anti-Ragging & Anti-Harassment Committee
Anti-Ragging Committee - By Indian Supreme Court ; Detail Information

Centre of Astronomy

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We are a new interdisciplinary centre at IIT-Indore focusing on a wide range of topics related to
Astronomy and Space weather and navigation studies. This centre was initiated in December, 2015.
This interdisciplinary centre is a unique department among all IITs that offers a dedicated and focused
platform to pursue research in Astronomy. Currently, we have four core members, one visiting faculty
and three associate members from other disciplines.
We have varied research interests in radio astronomical instrumentation, observational cosmology,
atmospheric corruptions and ionospheric turbulences, computational astrophysics, MHD simulations,
high energy astrophysics and compact object physics.
Since February, 2015 we are also founder members of the Square Kilometer Array - India (SKA-I)
consortium. Our faculty members are actively involved in SKA-I related research.

The department is involved in developing a number of high-end research facilities. The following
facilities are being developed:
A L-band observing facility is being constructed under an approved DST SERB grant
Ionosphere monitoring facility (ISRO project)
Planned high-performance computing facility
Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS) receivers capable of receiving IRNSS(L5 and S band),
GPS(L1, L2), Glonass and Galileo signals.

Alongside several ongoing projects the Centre of Astronomy has currently about 180 lakhs of external
funding.
The Centre of Astronomy has active collaborations with University of Colorado Boulder, University of
Turin, MPIA, Sabanci University and many others. MOUs have been signed with several international
institutions and organisations like SKA, UW Madison, University of Colorado Boulder etc.
Alongside the various research activities the department is also extensively involved in teaching.
Courses related to astronomy and space navigation are conducted for undergraduate, post-graduate and
PhD level students. A dedicated masters program in astronomy is scheduled to start from 2018.

MAJOR LEARNINGS
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 Which strategies can be used to search patent information?

A search carried out in patent documents allows you to find information on recent developments in a
range of technical areas. In fact, for some fields of technology, new developments are initially and
sometimes exclusively recorded in patent documents. Nonetheless, it is critical to keep in mind the
limitations of the data in which the search is being carried out. No single data source covers all available
technology information, or even all available patent information. The information may be limited with
respect to the range of dates or countries for which records are available or in terms of the search facilities
offered. Effective searching of patent documentation and other sources of technology information often
requires a solid knowledge of the technical field to which an invention belongs. An awareness of the
terminology and issues related to this field are necessary if appropriate search criteria are to be identified.
Among the search criteria that can be used to find relevant patents are:
• Keywords
• Patent classification
• Dates (e.g., priority date, application date, publication date, grant date)
• Patent reference or identification numbers (application number, publication number, patent number)
• Names of applicants/assignees or inventors

So, in these five relevant patents where I worked on patent classification and use IPC coding and find
how to find technology.

Search by patent classification

All patent documents are individually classified using a standardized system identifying the
technology group or groups to which the innovation described in the document belongs. These
classification systems are independent of language and terminology and are assigned to patent and other
technical documents by professional patent examiners. As a result, searching patent documents by patent
classification can help overcome some of the pitfalls of searching by keywords alone. A widely used
system is the International Patent Classification (IPC) system.

The IPC system covers nearly every imaginable field of technology. The IPC is regularly revised in
order to improve the system and to take account of technical developments. In its latest version, it
subdivides technology into almost 70 000 fields or groups. Each group describes a specific technology
and is identified by “classification symbol” consisting of a sequence of numbers and letters. IPC symbols
can generally be found in the bibliographic data contained in published patent documents.
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The IPC system is organized according to hierarchical levels. From highest to lowest; these levels
are: sections, classes, subclasses, and groups (main groups and subgroups). Each section has a title and
specific letter code, as follows:

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A Human Necessities
B Performing Operations; Transporting
C Chemistry; Metallurgy
D Textiles; Paper
E Fixed Constructions
F Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
G Physics
H Electricity

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 New concept of an IPC-based technology classification

The suggested new version of the technology classification is documented in Table 2. Compared to
the ISI-OST-INPI classification, the area of information technology is broken down into more fields and
thus differentiated at a finer level. Furthermore, the general area of process engineering is completely
abandoned, as the fields covered had unclear references to mechanical engineering or chemistry. For the
present version, new fields with a definite relation either to mechanical engineering or chemistry were
introduced.

In order to illustrate the quantitative implications of the new definitions, Figure 1 and Figure 2 show
the outcome for international (PCT) applications of the priority year
2005. The searches for this analysis were performed using IPC8 codes. As the IPC8
does not distinguish between main and secondary classifications of patent documents,
all classifications of the applications were considered.4 Due to the multiple classifications of
documents they are sometimes associated with more than one technical field, but the effect is limited.
The overlap or the double counting rate is at a level of 20 percent. To avoid such double counting, it is
possible to use the first classification codes exclusively which are equivalent to the former main
classification at many patent offices. However, the relative distribution of the applications to fields on
the basis of the first code is largely equivalent to that with the inclusion of all codes.

The content of each field and the reasons for their specific definition are explained in
the following:

1. Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy: the field primarily covers the non-electronic part of
electrical engineering, for instance, the generation, conversion and distribution of electric power, electric
machines but also basic electric elements such as resistors, magnets, capacitors, lamps or cables. This
field is often associated with “traditional” electrical engineering, but the high patent activity shows that
technological innovation is still very important.

2. Audio-visual technology: audio-visual technology is largely equivalent to consumer electronics.

The relevant IPC codes primarily refer to technologies and only sometimes products are directly
addressed (H04R Loudspeakers …, H04S Stereophonic systems)

3. Telecommunications: telecommunications is a very broad field covering a variety of techniques

and products. The IPC codes are often quite technology-oriented, so that it is difficult to separate relevant
product/applications areas such as mobile communication in a clear-cut field. With almost 6 percent of
all applications in 2005, telecommunications is one of the largest fields of the suggested classification
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 4. Digital communication: in the ISI-OST-INPI classification, this field was part of
telecommunications. At present, it is a self-contained technology at the border between
telecommunications and computer technology. A core application of this technology is the internet.

5. Basic communication processes: in the ISI-OST-INPI classification, this field was part of
telecommunications. It covers very basic technologies such oscillation, modulation, resonant circuits,
impulse technique, coding/decoding. These techniques are used in telecommunications, computer
technology, measurement, control. However, the explicit link to these fields by multiple classification is
moderate, in the case of telecommunications 2.4 percent. So the definition as a separate field is justified.
However, with 0.9 percent of all applications in 2005, it is the smallest fields of the present version of
the classification.

6. Computer technology: this field is the largest of the proposed classification with 6.4 percent of all
applications in 2005. Its size is already reduced by extracting field 7. The core area of C06F (Electrical
digital processing) is defined in a very technical way (Arrangement for programme control, methods and
arrangements for data conversion …), so that a further break-down is difficult. It may be possible to
separate specific application fields such as image data processing, recognition of data or speech analysis,
but then these special fields may become too small.

7. IT methods for management: a major improvement of IPC8 is the introduction of the subclass
G06Q “Data processing methods, specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial,
managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes”. This field represents software for these special
purposes. In most countries, business methods are not patentable, but if they are admitted, they are
registered in this sub-class. In any case, the size of this field is relevant with 1.2 percent of all applications
in 2005. A combination of the fields 3 to 7 represents information technology in general. As the overlap
is limited, this can be done by simple addition. The correct way is to combine the fields without double
counting (unit)

8. Semiconductors: the field comprises semiconductors including methods for their production.
Integrated circuits or photovoltaic elements belong to this field. The field includes microstructural
technology (B81), as the number of applications in this sub-field is too small for a separate field.

9. Optics: this field covers all parts of traditional optical elements and apparatus, but also laser beam
sources. In recent years new optical technologies such as optical switching have become more relevant.

10. Measurement: this field covers a broad variety of different techniques and applications. It
would be possible to differentiate special sub-fields such as measuring of mechanical properties
(length, oscillation, speed …), but these sub-fields are generally too small.

11. Analysis of biological materials: this is the largest sub-field of “measurement” and was defined
as a separate field. It primarily refers to the analysis of blood for medical purposes. In
many cases, biotechnological methods are addressed.

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 12. Control: In the ISI-OST-INPI classification, this field was part of measuring & control. In recent
years the part of control has become quantitatively more important, so that an independent field is
justified. The field covers elements for controlling and regulating electrical and nonelectrical systems
and referring test arrangements, traffic control or signalling systems etc.

13. Medical technology: Medical technology is generally associated with high technology. However,
a large part of the class A61 refers to less sophisticated products and technologies such as operating
tables, massage devices, bandages etc. These less complex sub-fields represent a large number of patent
applications, and the total field is the second largest of the suggested classification with 6.3 percent of
all applications in 2005.

14. Organic fine chemistry: without further limitations, the applications in organic chemistry
primarily refer to pharmaceuticals. More than 40 percent of the applications have an additional code in
pharmaceuticals. As such a large overlap of fields is less appropriate for a classification system, all
documents with co-classification in A61K were excluded. The major exception is the group A61K-008,
which refers to cosmetics.

15. Biotechnology: biotechnology is defined as a separate field, although it is linked to a variety of

different applications. Like organic chemistry or computer technology, it is a crosscutting or generic
technology. However, the overlap with pharmaceuticals is too large, with a share of nearly 30 percent.
Therefore, as in organic chemistry, applications with explicit co-classification in A61K are excluded.

16. Pharmaceuticals: this field refers to an area of application, not a technology. However, the
key sub-class A61K is primarily organized by technologies (e.g., medicinal preparations containing
inorganic active ingredients …). Cosmetics are explicitly excluded from the field; these represent about
10 percent of all applications classified in A61K.

17. Macromolecular chemistry, polymers: this field contains the chemical aspects of polymers.
Machines for producing articles from plastics are classified in B29 and not included.

18. Food chemistry: this field represents 1.3 percent of the applications in 2005 and is one of
the smallest fields in this classification. However, the growth of this field is remarkable, so that a
higher weight can be assumed for the next years. Machines for food production are not included, but
classified as part of field 28 (other special machines).

19. Basic materials chemistry: This field primarily covers typical mass chemicals such as herbicides,
fertilisers, paints, petroleum, gas, detergents etc.

20. Materials, metallurgy: This field covers all types of metals, ceramics, glass or processes for the
manufacture of steel.

21 Surface technology, coating: The coating of metals, generally with advanced methods represent
the core of this field (C23). Furthermore it covers electrolytic processes, crystal growth and apparatus
for applying liquids to surfaces. This field may be qualified as the high-tech part of field 20.

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 22 Micro-structure and nano-technology: This field covers micro-structural devices or systems,
including at least one essential element or formation characterised by its very small size. It includes
nano-structures having specialised features directly related to their size.

23. Chemical engineering: This field covers technologies at the borderline of chemistry and
engineering. It refers to apparatus and processes for the industrial production of chemicals.
Some of these processes may be classified as physical ones.

24. Environmental technology: This field covers a variety of different technologies and applications,
in particular filters, waste disposal, water cleaning (a quite large area), gas-flow silencers and exhaust
apparatus, waste combustion or noise absorption walls. However, it is not possible to define measuring
of environmental pollution by IPC codes in a clear cut way.

25. Handling: This field comprises elevators, cranes or robots, but also packaging devices. So
in terms of research intensity, the field is quite heterogeneous.

26. Machine tools: The field is dominated by patent applications referring to turning, boring,
grinding, soldering or cutting with a focus on metals.

27. Engines, pumps, turbines: This field covers non-electrical engines for all types of applications. In
quantitative terms, applications for automobiles dominate.

28. Textile and paper machines: The fields 27 and 28 cover machines for specific production
purposes. Textile and food machines represent the most relevant part of these machines and
are classified separately.

29. Other special machines: see field 26.

30. Thermal processes and apparatus: The field covers applications such as steam generation,
combustion, heating, refrigeration, cooling or heat exchange.

31. Mechanical elements: The field covers fluid-circuit elements, joints, shafts, couplings,
valves, pipe-line systems or mechanical control devices. The focus is on engineering elements of
machines such as joints or couplings.

32. Transport: the field covers all types of transport technology and applications with dominance of
automotive technology. In principle, a separation of rail traffic and air traffic would be feasible, but the
associated fields would be too small. In both cases, this is due to a low propensity to patent. The samples
are quite small and not representative of the total technological activities in these sub-fields.

33. Furniture, games: this field represents the main parts of consumer goods in terms of the
number of patent applications. The other consumer goods are a mix of many different technologies,
all of them with low quantitative weight. Therefore a further differentiation is not useful. Even furniture
and games combined comprise not more than 2.3 percent of all applications in 2005.

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 34. Other consumer goods: this field primarily represents less research-intensive sub-fields.

35. Civil engineering: the field covers construction of roads and buildings as well as elements of
buildings such as locks, plumbing installations or strongrooms for valuables. A special part refers to
mining which may be important for some countries. In general, the importance of mining is so low that
the definition of a separate field is not justified.

Above you see table of new patent technology classification where every field of technology coding
so, I was used IPC to find out ICR which was given to me in each technology form and also in different
coding. After finding the IPC code then divided the technology into two technology scope first is within
technology and second is outside the technology.
Where the first within technology is where no. of IPC was more than others IPC also say that no. of
majority of single technology is more than any other technology.

Technology Scope
ICR IPC Area/field With In Outside
H04M3/00, H04M5/00 Telecommunications E.1
H04M3/00, H04M5/00 Telecommunications E.1
G06Q10/00 IT Methods for E.1
management
G06Q10/00, G06Q30/02 IT Methods for E.1
management
G06Q10/00, G06Q30/02 IT Methods for E.1
management
G06F17/30, G06N99/00 Computer E.1
Technology
G06F3/00, G06F3/0481, Computer E.2
G06F3/0488, G06Q10/10 Technology
G06F11/30, G06F17/30, IT Methods for E.2
G06Q10/06, G06Q30/02, management
G06Q50/00
G06Q10/00 IT Methods for E.1
management

This table show the single technology and more technology in same area.
How to find single technology coding?
First to find the ICR in table as show G06Q/00. After the found and saw the table of new concept of
technology classification then when you see this code in the area of Electrical engineering then you find
this code in front of IT methods of technology. Here you see single technology then no use of outside
technology scope. only give the code E.1 in within technology where E represent the Electrical
engineering.
How to find two technology in same Area?
First to find the ICR in table as shown in G06F3/00, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0488, G06Q10/10 then see
the majority of code here is G06F has in highest in no. and G06Q only is one as we see in the table new
concept of technology classification where we saw G06F belongs to Computer Technology and G06F
belongs to IT Methods of Technology.

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 G06F is in highest no. then IPC belongs to G06F also said that main technology is used in this ICR
is Computer technology but when we give name of technology scope first we see that both the
technology belongs to same area Electrical engineering so we used in it E we also saw one most thing
that there is two technology so we have given the technology scope within is E.2.

If you see in the next ICR of above one then you see that there is G06Q in majority so we found the
IPC on this basis and also the technology scope.

In this ICR there is only use two technology of same area but too much difficult to find about which
one have maximum no. of technology which goes to within.

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None A63B41/02, Furniture, O.1 M.1
B29C41/14 games
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Furniture, O.1 M.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14 games
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Furniture, O.1 M.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14 games
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines

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 VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )
JAIN SATISH ( IN ), A63B41/02, Other M.1 O.1
JAIN NARESH ( IN ), B29C41/14, special
JAIN ANIL ( IN ), JAIN B29C41/22 machines
VIPIN ( IN ), JAIN
JINESH ( IN )

Here you see that ICR are given by different area (A63B41/02, B29C41/14, B29C41/22). There we
use two different technology one goes to within and other in outside technology scope but first we see
the majority of which technology so B29C are two and A63B is one. now we see the table of new concept
of technology classification then find the IPC of B29C which belongs to Other Special Machines and
this one area technology goes to within and this technology comes in Mechanical engineering so we
write to put M.1 and another one A63B is go to Other Fields.

How to find more than two technology?

A61K7/48, A61K7/00, A47K7/00, A45D34/04, Organic C.2 I.1,

A61K8/00, A61K8/02, A61K8/06, A61K8/33, A61K8/36, fine M.1,
A61K8/365, A61K8/37, A61K8/41, A61K8/89, chemistry I.2
A61K8/891, A61K8/892, A61K8/895, A61L15/20,
A61Q19/00, A61Q19/08, A61Q19/10, A61Q90/00,
D06M13/207, A61K, A61K8/25
C11D3/14
A61K7/06, A61K8/00, A61K8/11, A61K8/34, A61K8/44, Organic C.2
A61K8/46, A61K8/49, A61K8/58, A61K8/64, A61K8/65, fine
A61K8/73, A61K8/86, A61K8/89, A61K8/891, chemistry
A61K8/892, A61Q5/02, A61Q5/12, A61K8/72,
A61Q5/00, A61K8/30, A61K8/03
A61K7/48, A61K8/00, A61K8/06, A61K8/25, A61K8/31, Organic C.2
A61K8/37, A61K8/89, A61K8/891, A61K8/92, fine
A61Q17/04, A61Q19/00, A61Q19/10, A61K8/04 chemistry

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D06M15/595, D06M13/148, D06M13/165, D06M13/224, Textile M.1
D06M15/03, D06M15/59, D06M15/61, D06M15/647, and paper
D06M15/65 machines
D06M13/17, C11D3/00, C11D3/37, C11D11/00, Textile M.1 C.1,
D06M15/227, D06M15/233, D06M15/263, D06M15/507, and paper O.1
D06M15/564, D06M15/59, D06M15/693, D06N3/10, machines
C11D7/22
A23D7/00, A23D7/01, A23D7/02, A23D, A23D7/005 Food C.1
chemistry
A47J31/40, A23F3/00, B67D1/08, A23F3/16, A47J31/00, Furniture, O.1 C.1,
A47J31/41, A23F3/30 games M.1

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 SWOT ANALYSIS OF IIT INDORE

IIT INDORE strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT Analysis) were identified by
members of ISPC during a brainstorming session.
This process led to the development of the SWOT matrix which is illustrated in SWOT Matrix
approved by ISPC

STRENGTH WEAKNESS
• Ability to attract best students and faculty with
excellent international research credentials • Infrastructure deficit for student and faculty
residences as well as academic buildings
• Academic reputation
• Low number of international students and
• Residential campus faculty

• Location • Low number of postdoctoral fellows

• Rigorous academic programmes in diverse • Low numbers of women students and women
areas faculty members

• Cutting-edge research facilities with shared • Low level of international engagement in terms
open access of conference participation

• Strong administrative system with a modern • Ageing buildings requiring up gradation.

enterprise resource planning system (SAP based)

• Strong alumni engagement and support

• Thrust on entrepreneurship and industry

interaction
OPPORTUNITY THREAT
• Expand educational and research programmes
to address needs of local industry (e.g. • Increasing competition from other institutions
manufacturing, healthcare finance, for faculty and students
entertainment)
• Shortfall in funding for the scale of operations
• Leverage existing credibility of the institute
with local government to work on projects in
rural areas

• Potential for enhanced fundraising from alumni

and other well wishers

• Potential to deliver advanced education

content online, on a large scale, based on
existing strengths

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 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, I would like to say that internships are the best source of learning something
practically. So just like me, anyone can avail these opportunities. I would like to come again and again
to IIT-Indore in coming future for projects and research. I will always remember the polite and gentle
conduct of all the staff members of IIT-Indore.

• Create yourself, rather than using other creations.

• No comparison that are likely to cause confusion.

• Do not use competitor’s mark in such way that it harms competitor in unfair way.

• Technological advancement made the job of the CREATOR easy…….it also made the job of
the COPY-ER easy.

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

REFRENCES:

Guide – Dr. Ruchi Sharma , Associate Professor of Economics

Mr. Shadab Danish
Dr. Madan Dhanora

Websites:

 http://www.iiti.ac.in/

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Ind
ore

 http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organi
zation

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